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Proverbs 15:17
Proverbs 15:17
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feast; Christian contentment, and joy in God, make the life easy and…Proverbs 15:17Proverbs 15:17 · The Pulpit CommentaryBetter is a dinner (portion) of herbs where love is. A dish of vegetables would be the common meal, whereas flesh would be reserved for festive occasions. Where love presides, the simplest food is cheerfully received,…Proverbs 15:17Proverbs 15:17 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleBetter [is] a dinner of herbs, where love is,.... What Plautus calls "asperam et terrestrem caenam", "a harsh and earthly supper", made of what grows out of the earth; which is got without much cost or care, and dressed…